| 1 | 语言 | 語言 | yǔ yán | yu3 yan2 | language; Classifiers: 门 | | |
| 2 | 言 | 言 | yán | yan2 | words; speech; to say; to talk | | |
| 3 | 言语 | 言語 | yán yu | yan2 yu5 | to speak; to tell | | |
| 4 | 言语 | 言語 | yán yǔ | yan2 yu3 | words; speech; (spoken) language | | |
| 5 | 方言 | 方言 | fāng yán | Fang1 yan2 | topolect; dialect; topolect; dialect | | |
| 6 | 语言学 | 語言學 | yǔ yán xué | yu3 yan2 xue2 | linguistics | | |
| 7 | 发言 | 發言 | fā yán | fa1 yan2 | to make a speech; statement; utterance; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 8 | 宣言 | 宣言 | xuān yán | xuan1 yan2 | declaration; manifesto | | |
| 9 | 言论 | 言論 | yán lùn | yan2 lun4 | expression of opinion; views; remarks; arguments | | |
| 10 | 自言自语 | 自言自語 | zì yán zì yǔ | zi4 yan2 zi4 yu3 | to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize | | |
| 11 | 谣言 | 謠言 | yáo yán | yao2 yan2 | rumor | | |
| 12 | 而言 | 而言 | ér yán | er2 yan2 | with regard to (preceding phrase) | | |
| 13 | 语言学家 | 語言學家 | yǔ yán xué jiā | yu3 yan2 xue2 jia1 | linguist | | |
| 14 | 断言 | 斷言 | duàn yán | duan4 yan2 | to assert; assertion | | |
| 15 | 文言 | 文言 | wén yán | wen2 yan2 | to have heard what was said; classical Chinese | | |
| 16 | 无言 | 無言 | wú yán | wu2 yan2 | to remain silent; to have nothing to say | | |
| 17 | 换言之 | 換言之 | huàn yán zhī | huan4 yan2 zhi1 | in other words | | |
| 18 | 言行 | 言行 | yán xíng | yan2 xing2 | words and actions; what one says and what one does | | |
| 19 | 总而言之 | 總而言之 | zǒng ér yán zhī | zong3 er2 yan2 zhi1 | in short; in a word; in brief | | |
| 20 | 寓言 | 寓言 | yù yán | yu4 yan2 | to predict; prophecy; fable; Classifiers: 则 | | |
| 21 | 名言 | 名言 | míng yán | ming2 yan2 | motto; slogan; to say clearly; to argue clearly; to pronounce; pronounced; saying; famous remark | | |
| 22 | 微言大义 | 微言大義 | wēi yán dà yì | wei1 yan2 da4 yi4 | subtle words with profound meaning (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 人言啧啧 | 人言嘖嘖 | rén yán zé zé | ren2 yan2 ze2 ze2 | everyone comments disapprovingly (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 视觉方言 | 視覺方言 | shì jué fāng yán | shi4 jue2 fang1 yan2 | (linguistics) eye dialect | | |
| 25 | 巧言令色 | 巧言令色 | qiǎo yán lìng sè | qiao3 yan2 ling4 se4 | to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom) | | |